Around Valentine’s Day, I discovered an easy way to make heart shaped cupcakes using small rolled-up balls of aluminum foil. I don’t know about you, but I don’t need any extra pans crowding up my kitchen cabinets, so I was excited to find this simple way to use to make shaped cupcakes using things I already had on hand. It got me thinking…what other shapes can I make?

I ran through shapes in my head…triangles? Those don’t really represent anything interesting. What can be made out of a circle easily? Pac-Man! Hm, that is super random (but I really want to try it now). Shamrocks? Great timing for St. Paddy’s, but they were a big fail. Tried to make them without stems and they looked like lopsided hearts. Added a stem but ended up with something that looked like a weird tree.

Bunnies? Finally – success! I couldn’t be happier about this one, because I have a special soft spot for bunnies. I grew up with a pet bunny and about six years ago I adopted my adorable bunny Cinnamon (I actually tried to make these cinnamon chocolate cupcakes with Nutella frosting look like her a couple of years ago, but failed). Here she is during one of her frequent nap times:

Even though these cupcakes don’t look exactly like her (she has lop ears that fall on either side of her head), I think she appreciates the sentiment. As long as I’m making bunny cupcakes and not trying to get her to dress up, she is a happy camper. This shot of her in a Santa hat was a fleeting moment I was lucky to capture on my phone:

Anyway, cute bunny aside, these bunny cupcakes are SUPER easy to make. All you need is what you see below (and some cupcake batter and frosting would help )